SOP management system will lighten the load for NPA members

The NPA has launched the most comprehensive online Standard Operating Procedure programme on offer in the UK, providing more options for simplifying compliance and patient safety across its 6000 member pharmacies.

NPA members can create, customise, distribute and manage their pharmacy SOPs in one place, and keep every branch up to date.

Recognising that every pharmacy business is different, a one-size fits all approach won’t work. The NPA’s SOP system caters for all needs:

Option 1        Simply download, edit, save and print on your own

Option 2        Store, manage, access and audit all your customised SOPs in one secure online location, through our new centralised SOP Library - included as part of NPA membership.

Option 3        SOP management platform providing an audit trail, version control and more – from NPA Trusted Partner Pharmsmart

NPA Director of Membership, Jonathan Nobbs, said:

“Operating procedures are vital to every pharmacy and are fundamental to ensuring patient safety. We wanted to combine the unrivalled expertise of the NPA team, boasting decades of experience at the front line of pharmacy, with a state of the art management system allowing our members to amend, edit and track SOPs over one pharmacy or large numbers of branches.

“The NPA has the industry’s largest full time dedicated team of pharmacist advisors dedicated to providing advice, documentation and one-to-one support for independent community pharmacies and this system brings that fully into the digital age.

“The NPA SOP management system is the latest enhancement to NPA membership and follows hard on the heels of our comprehensive package of resources to support members on their prescribing journey.

“As the largest community pharmacy body in the UK, we’re putting all our resources into ensuring we are with our members every step of the way.”